"lean" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He has had a couple of lean years for him.
- The team suffered through more lean years in the early 1980s.
- The 1990s and early part of the 2000s were lean years for the county.
- After lean years and lost customers, things were finally looking up.
- But the lean years were thought to be almost over.
- I had a couple of lean years in '07 and '08.
- I needed a way to make some money, see Faith and me through the lean years.
- Nothing came along immediately and ahead were a couple of lean years.
- Fans left during the lean years, and it will take more than one good season to bring them back.
- Now that the lean years are here, local governments must pay the price, he said.
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